#D9D74B#D9D74B

#D9D74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.158 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D74B
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -15.98, 66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 68.31, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.05 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.158 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1876, 63.8622, 16.1275)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D74B #4B4DD9

analogous

#D9904B #D9D74B #94D94B

triadic

#D9D74B #4BD9D7 #D74BD9

tetradic

#D9D74B #4BD990 #4B4DD9 #D94B94

square

#D9D74B #4BD990 #4B4DD9 #D94B94

split-complementary

#D9D74B #4B94D9 #904BD9

monochromatic

#8C8A1E #BFBC28 #D9D74B #E4E27E #EEEDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#D9D74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D74B

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D74B	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.158 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e385',
    500: '#d9d74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d74b;
$custom-light: #e8e385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85565,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D74B

secondary

#363892

accent

#42E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D74B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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